Laura Smyth has pulled her stand-up tour two days before it was due to start, citing ‘recent personal family news’. The comedian was due to kick off her Born Aggy show in Lincoln tomorrow night, but ...

Mark Bonnar and Ashley Jensen are to star in a new one-off BBC comedy. Rambling is described as an ‘enchanting, warm and witty’ sitcom about a pair of unlikely travelling companions who enjoy walking ...

Comedians Dom McGovern and Dan Wye are launching a podcast, Flat Earth Nation, in which the pair ‘pick apart whatever nonsense has caught their attention that week’. The weekly video and audio podcast ...

Helen Lederer is launching a new podcast. Recorded live on stage at the Phoenix Arts Club in London, each episode of Eff It, focuses on the point at which her guest realised something was wrong and ...

Last week, a new sitcom pilot claimed to be the world's first to be produced by AI and written buy a human. The results were as terrible as you might expect. Nonetheless, Chortle as decided to see if ...

Why have you decided to take part in The Celebrity Traitors? I just love it. I'm a huge fan and have been since series one. I instantly got addicted to it. Then I really loved the first Celebrity ...

There is no money in the pot for those owed money by the collapse of Leicester Comedy Festival, an official statement for the liquidators has revealed.

TWENTY YEARS OF NOT GOING OUT: Lee Mack talks about the creative process behind his long-running sitcom in a documentary that includes classic clips and behind-the-scenes footage from the new series.

Ania Magliano and Paddy Young discussed the row between Ed Sheeran and stadium owner Robert Kraft on Saturday Night Live UK last night. And, inevitably, the Weekend Update segment also covered Swan ...

David Mitchell and Robert Webb don blackface for the sketch, with Webb asking: ‘Are you absolutely sure that this isn’t racist?’ The pair agree to stop the re-enactment at the first sign of racism.

She may be an increasingly big noise on TV and film, but Sindhu Vee ’s stand-up is built on her relatability. Swanky, her first British tour in five years, again revolves around family life, 11 years ...

Iain Stirling is swapping Love Island for The Traitors – in America. The Scottish comic, who made his name commenting on the hit ITV2 dating show, has been unveiled as one of the contestants in the ...